Here's an interesting paddle illustration from
The Micmac Indians of Eastern Canada by Wilson D. Wallis and Ruth Sawtell Wallis (1955) partially available for
preview on Google Books. The chapter details a Mi'kmaq game called
waltes which involved the use of carved counting sticks to keep track of the score.
The authors documented various shapes sticks including one accurately carved in the shape of a canoe paddle. Below the pear grip is a circular etching.
Source:
Wilson D. Wallis and Ruth Sawtell Wallis
The Micmac Indians of Eastern Canada
(1955), pg. 198
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